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Showing posts with label Racist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Racist. Show all posts

Monday, October 13, 2014

Black Dog Syndrome - Why Do People Discriminate Against Dark Pets?


Just when you were hoping there were no new ways to be racist, it turns out people may be racist against dogs. Black Dog Syndrome is the name shelter workers have given to the tendency of dark-furred pups to languish in kennels while their lighter-furred brethren get adopted. “The effect is very real,” says Mirah Horowitz, executive director and founder of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue. “We recently had a litter of five very cute, very fluffy puppies, two yellow and three black. And the yellow ones all went immediately, but for the black ones it took weeks.”

To read more on this story, click here: Black Dog Syndrome









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Saturday, September 13, 2014

"Jafar" A Short Anti-Racist Film by Nancy Spetsioti (Video)


This anti-racist short film will make people think twice. Look at this family, they didn’t want anything to do with this guy, and didn’t mind showing their disgust with the stranger.

This short film, entitled “Jafar” by Nancy Spetsioti, portrays unfortunately a not so uncommon scene in may parts of the world…. Let’s share this film and try to make a difference.








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